Chaturmasya spinach questions/ which one's admissable?

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> In a message dated 7/17/00 1:00:47 PM Central Daylight Time,

> Mahamantra.ACBSP (AT) pamho (DOT) net writes:

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> << Any list of such greens that are permissable during the first month?

> Any

> list of the vegetables that are totally avoided during the four months?

> >>

>

> What is the reason that we don't eat spefic foods during specific months?

> Is it just for tapasya in general or is there a deeprer meaning to it? Can

> anyone enlighten me?

>

> Your servant, Mahatma dasa

 

I heard once a class by Bhakti Swarup Damodar Maharaj where he explained

that there are a few practical reasons for that. For leafy vegetables he

said that since at that time (right now) the rainy season is starting in

India and plenty of bugs and all sorts of insects are everywere, and

especialy in those leafy vegs. It becomes practicaly impossible to wash them

out, so in order to prevent breaking our vegetarian diet, we fast from them.

 

He gave explanation for all of them, but I forgot what it was. Sorry.

What I do remember is that all of reasons were practical and basicaly

related to Asian climate.

 

Does anyone else has any other explanation?

 

ys Kanakabja das